Paula of Biscay Water Dogs, Ula of The Friendly Barbet, and Me (Stacy Able) of American Barbet joined together in Ohio in October to attend a Pat Hastings seminar on dog structure. Sounds mundane but in the breeding world it was a very important lecture with knowledge essential in improving the Barbet in North America.

Days before the seminar Pat’s assistant emailed Paula and I asking if we knew of anyone with a 8 week old litter. Happened Paula had one that was 7-8 weeks old so the intrepid Canadians drove down 8 puppies to get an evaluation by Pat Hasting. The finding were stunning and really opened up our eyes in viewing puppies structures. I won’t bore you with the details, rather I’ll show you photos of Pat evaluating puppies along with Paula and Ula’s visit to our home in Indiana.